Yeah it always did sound interesting to me, so I’d really be interested in getting more into this series when I have a bit more time. Meanwhile, I didn’t get to write today yet, but I did draw a character today! Sometime at work I suddenly had this vision of a very specific character from my book who’s pretty much one big spoiler that I just had to draw him. It’s been a while since I’ve drawn anything but considering that, I’m pretty happy with it!
Yeah, I'm trying to avoid another Portal incident where I felt like it was a pretty damn good game, but a bit baffled by why so many praise it like it was the Holy Grail. SaGa's strong points have largely been there eccentric gameplay mechanics which feel really refreshing after kind of getting bored with more conventional game mechanics. I started appreciating SF2's mechanics more once I realized the game was like Vagrant Story in the fact that nothing is ever explained to you and yet the game mechanics are surprisingly complex and in-depth. I've given up on acquiring some of the major elements in the game cause it's too late, but I'm not so put off that I wouldn't play it again later. It's turned out to be surprisingly charming.
I had the exact same experience with Undertale, and later with Breath of the Wild actually. With both games, people left and right have been calling it groundbreaking and whatever but it was so prevalent that I really didn’t want to get into it for a long time. And with both games, when I did finally get to them, I got pleasantly surprised and now hold them in very high regard, though BotW was much more immediately satisfying than Undertale - the latter really takes some time to get good, unless you’re charmed with all the Earthbound-risqué quirkiness from the very beginning, which I really wasn’t and it took me a while. I really need get back to SaGa someday. I liked the first game, so it’d be nice to get those sexy Vita ports of Romancing SaGa someday.
It will likely be sometime until I play it, so I'm sure the praise won't bother me as much. I think that's why I'm kind of putting off Undertale because I hear all these great things and yet what I've played of it isn't all that impressive to me, but I think I'm letting the hype get to me. On the flip side, I often don't hear good things about the SaGa series, so I'm being delightfully surprised by the games I've been playing so far.
Hope you don’t end up disappointed what with me praising if like that. I think it’s inportant to keep in mind that in general I enjoy open world games and don’t really have problems with them (at least from the ones I played). I also still stand by what I said earlier - even though it’s my favorite game in the Zelda series now, I wouldn’t say it’s this grand culmination of all things Zelda - the dungeons aren’t really that interesting in this game, nor is there really much delving into the whole messy lore behind the series. Though I do think you’ll appreciate the very Princess Mononoke vibe this game has, as well as the very well-told story. The rest really depends on how much the world sucks you in, I guess. So yeah, now that I’m done with it, I hope to write bunches today!
That's good to know. Glad you end up enjoying BotW so much. Gives me good vibes about whenever I get a chance to play it.
Well if you feel like you want to bounce those ideas off of someone, you know where to find me. In other news, finally beat Breath of the Wild and I can honestly say it has been one of the biggest gaming surprises I’ve ever had. Any expectations I had were completely obliterated and it is now very easily my favorite Zelda game.
Lol, well this one is not likely to be started soon. I'm moving back to my main novel, but this idea was interesting so I was jotting down some ideas for it at the moment.
Depends on which type of beta reader you want me to be! I’m open to any way that I can help, just think of the pros and cons of both approaches. Think about which perspective I might be a more valuable source of insight for
I'm getting pretty close to the end of two of my SaGa games I'm playing, so I'm hoping my productivity kicks in as well. The extinction issue for humans has to do with the twist in the story. I can explain it to you if you wish.
